- The tubes will be taken to the Bacteriology Laboratory using the usual collection circuit of the CHU. These tubes will then be redirected to the Infectious Diseases Laboratory to be centrifuged and then stored at -80°C. The strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in the patient will be preserved at -80°C. If strains other than Streptococcus pneumoniae are isolated, these different strains will all be preserved at -80°C under the same identification number.